Rating: 5.2/10Genre: Action Fantasy
Overall value for money and time: 5.0/10
After the much awaited movie, how could I bear to fail this film? Since young, I've always longed for a movie with both Jackie Chan and Jet Li in it, imagine the amount of action in it! When the trailer first came out months back, it was one of the highest anticipated movies of all time. Imagine my disappointment when I watched it! Action? Impactless. Graphics? Pretty decent. Humour? Lame. Plot? Almost senseless. The movie is about a young boy who is a huge fan of Chinese Kung Fu and one day, he morphs into a fantasy world where he must return the Golden Staff to the stonned Monkey God. Only then can he free the people from the tyranny of a devious warlord. The movie is cheezy and there are lotsa senseless and abrupt takes and scenes. Somehow, it just couldnt link well. Thinking back too much about the movie will only cause you brain hemorrhage. I believe the producers wanted to make an epic movie, combining all the famous chinese kung fu characters like the drunken master, white haired "witch", monkey god etc. However, it resulted in a parody-type like movie, and it felt like a cheap production movie. It gave me the feeling that the director was trying to portray his fantasies in the main lead, and he's such an avid fan of martial arts that he made this movie just to satisfy that fantasy. There are many mixed reviews about this movie, both extremes. Either you like it or you dont. Sadly, I believe most people belong to the later, unless, you love movies like "Scary Movie", "Date Movie", "Meet the Spartans" etc. Then this movie might just make your day.
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